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Good and evil in la Serenissima

John Berendt pursues crime, culture, and eccentricity in storied Venice

By Thrity Umrigar
September 25, 2005

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The City of Falling Angels By John Berendt Penguin, 414 pp., $25.95 Note to the person in charge of marketing John Berendt's new book, ''The City of Falling Angels": Is it possible to include two free air tickets to Venice in, say, every thousandth copy sold? It takes an inordinate amount of willpower to read Berendt's funny, insightful, illuminating travelogue ... (Full article: 917 words)

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